Building a Bike for Eroica - Final Part
Posted on 19 Feb 18:50 , 1 comment

Well the repainted forks arrived and also the Kool Stop Salmon brake pads finally came from the USA for the MAFAC original shoes. A perfect fit and should give much better power than the hard black originals.

They are easy enough to slide in by squeezing the shoes/pads in a vice. They look just the ticket - a bit of a colour clash with the frame though.

There are just a couple of component choices to make: the pedals. I am going to try and find some vintage Campagnolo road pedals. If not MKS Sylvan are a very close match and the bar tape. Tempted to fit Velo Orange honey leather to match the saddle, but I don't recall seeing leather tape back in the '60's. Anyway just popped on some Cinelli Cork Ribbon whilst I test the bike.

So here is the (nearly) finished bike. So guess what it weighs (without pedals)?

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Comments

Jeremy Halstead on 20 Nov 21:27

Nice build. I built a rather less fancy “eroica” bike using a Whites frame and some original Campagnolo 8 speed parts (frame gearshift and allegedly index) The Fir wheels were pretty heavy by modern standards though.